Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume VIII, Number 27, 1 Ianuali 1887 — ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. [ARTICLE]

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS.

We propose to g\ve in lhis eolumn Eiu/lhh transJatlon» of portion» of tke ut ti -ftti eonlai>ted inihe " Ehlf," in ordi rto prfnf.nl to our forvi<jii r< rulera »omc Il'M'ailan einwa and obixrculions. • Onr Supremu Co«rt.. For yoars anel years onr Supremo Court was constitutc(l of threo Judges, anjJ ro f«*iT ns ivej.know, gavo general Batisfaction. _ (Jur "~oarīy _ Rīipreme Judgcs wero to fill tho honorablo J)Ositioii:-' lel l>y the]n, the dutics of tho In. 1 eiavy receivhig_ all their attention, they having no voeations or side-issues ontside tb.eir poeiiione on the B?nieii. They \ver(j"T[ot politieal partisans or lobl>yists, and in no instance ean it bo shown that they wcnt out of their way to antagonize politically tho elements of whieh our cosmopolitan peoplo are constituted. The decisk)ns of those men were nover qnesfcioned by either Oovernment or people. Their labor %vas always light ; and eases were promptly disposed of. Tliree J"udges was all that this eountry ever found necessary to cavry out her laws.

Now, the question ean wiili propriety be asked: " Why was it found neeessary at this late day for the Government fco add two more Judgēs to tlie Sfiprorae Bench at a cost to the tax-payer of ten thousand dollars a year 1 Did the labor of the Court demand it ? We answer, No., What then wei-e the reasons requiring the additional appointmcnts ?"

In our opinion they were these : Confidence was lost in the Buprerae Bench, it being a well known • ct that certain Judges were, tō say the least, "very unfriendly" to the Govemmeni Now, by the adding of two more to the Supreme Behch, tlie chances are, that the majority of the fivo Judges will be found afc least, ' 'unprejudiced and not unfrieiidly." It is, and lias i>een for years, a well known fact that, from theßeneh tl»ere has been exereise(t an inHueneo in thej politics of the country, thereby less-| ening to a more or less estent the eonfidence of the people and the Gōvernment ifi. : it»'.CourtSi. ftnd' to this fact, perhapsmore than any other, ean the appointments of Judges Bickerton and Fornander be attributed. Tho Govomment, we ihink, inordcr to establish a confidence in the Courts foūnd it necessary to make the above popūlar appointments.